From Deseret News archives:
Utahns want education to remain a state issue
When legislators gather this week, the complaints about NCLB will come from both sides of the aisle. Some will highlight the inflexible regulations of the act, while others will label it as another federal mandate lacking sense and enough dollars. Most concerns regarding the structure and implementation of NCLB are legitimate and shared across the country. Yet, the NCLB objectives are important and must not be dismissed.
Thousands of American and Utah youths of a minority ethnic heritage are struggling to obtain a basic education. President Bush acknowledged this dilemma when he said "too many of our neediest children are being left behind" and achieved bipartisan congressional support for NCLB. Admittedly flawed, NCLB attempts to close the unacceptable learning gap between the affluent and the desperate.
NCLB is generating heartwarming speeches from elected officials that Utah, not the feds, must "maintain control" of schools and the destiny of our children. But with the state's right to manage education comes the responsibility to help all students.
Huntsman is receiving pressure from all political corners to expand the special session agenda. Of the requests, none is more important than state funding for a new 120-bed nursing home for veterans. The federal government will pick up two-thirds of the construction tab and supply $2.5 million every year for ongoing care expenses that Medicaid doesn't have to provide. This project not only makes economic sense, it is an important acknowledgment to Utahns who served this state and country.
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Love him or hate him, Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch knows how to get attention.
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